Philip Twopenny

Philip Twopenny (25 January 1827-1868) was a British politician who served in the British Parliament for one term as a member of the British Conservative Party. He later became the joint Governor of the Bank of England alongside Thomas Newman Hunt.

Biography
Philip Twopenny was the son of a wealthy woman who owned a shipping company, and she died in a boat accident soon after he was born. His father made immense profit from the marriage, gaining the sgipping company, several sugar plantations in Mauritius, and her father's connections. He was raised in the lap of luxury, and he was an attendant of Charterhouse public school before attending Oxford University. Twopenny served one term in Parliament, as a Tory in the House of Commons, before joining Thomas Newman Hunt, the Governor of the Bank of England, in an unuual joint role at the Bank, recommended and supported by Crawford Starrick. Twopenny was to run things day to day for Hunt, whom he paid off in Mauritian sugar.